No. 11 Notre Dame sits at 6-1 and has a favorable remaining schedule over the final five games of 2021 that could help it to a New Year’s Six bowl appearance. The first of those five remaining contests comes Saturday night as the Irish will again play under their home lights when they welcome North Carolina to town.
The Tar Heels were a preseason top-10 team but lost their opener at Virginia Tech and have stumbled to a 4-3 start. Will the Carolina team that shows up be the one that scored 59 points in a win against Virginia or will it be the one who lost to Georgia Tech by 23?
Will Notre Dame grow on the successes they had against USC and how will they go about slowing down a dangerous offense without Kyle Hamilton?
Here is how the Fighting Irish Wire staff sees Saturday’s contest going: